You either play for 60 minutes for 16 games or you end up like the 2003 and 2004 Colts. When the Colts played all 16 games in 2006, they went to the Super Bowl. Surprising? No - playing the whole game and winning is a habit

didn't KC went for it twice in a row in 4th and not short? didn't they use all their timeouts late in the fourth? what was BB supposed to do??Posted by mnp3a

Exactly. If the Jersey cheeseballs think that was running up the score, then KC should not have been taking timeouts down 24 and going for it on fourth down if they wanted a mutual kneeldown. I don't have any problem if KC felt they needed to work on their offense or score a TD to feel better about themselves. That said, once the Pats have the ball back they are going to run off as much of the clock as possible, including going for it on 4th down twice. If that turns into a TD, too bad. Pats never had an opportunity to kneel out the clock without turning over possession and the O wanted to protect the D's three point statement.